Control-M for Azure Logic Apps

Azure Logic Apps enables you to design and automate cloud-based workflows and integrations.

Control-M for Azure Logic Apps enables you to do the following:

  • Run Azure Standard and Consumption logic app workflows.

  • Manage Azure Logic Apps credentials in a secure connection profile.

  • Connect to any Azure Logic Apps endpoint.

  • Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Azure Logic Apps, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, resource pools, lock resources, and variables.

  • Integrate Azure Logic Apps jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

  • Monitor the status, results, and output of Azure Logic Apps jobs.

  • Attach an SLA job to the Azure Logic Apps jobs.

  • Run 100 Azure Logic Apps jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Control-M for Azure Logic Apps Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Azure Logic Apps plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component

Version

Control-M/EM

9.0.20.200

Control-M/Agent

9.0.21.310

Control-M Application Integrator

9.0.20.200

Control-M Automation API

9.0.20.250

Control-M for Azure Logic Apps is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client. You cannot use Promotion with the plug-in.

To download the installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for Azure Logic Apps

This procedure describes how to deploy the Azure Logic Apps plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Azure Logic Apps job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Integration plug-ins released by BMC require an Application Integrator installation. However, these plug-ins are not editable and you cannot import them into Application Integrator. To deploy these integrations to your Control-M environment, import them directly into Control-M with Control-M Automation API.

Before You Begin

Begin

  1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

  2. Download the Azure Logic Apps plug-in from the Control-M for Azure Logic Apps download page in the EPD site.

  3. Do one of the following to install the Azure Logic Apps plug-in:

    • (9.0.21 or higher) Do the following to run the Control-M Automation API provision service:

      1. Log in as an administrator to the Control-M/EM server host and save the downloaded ZIP file to the following location:

        • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY

        • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY

      2. Log in to the account where Control-M/Agent is installed and run the following provision image command:

        • Linux: ctm provision image ZLA_plugin.Linux

        • Windows: ctm provision image ZLA_plugin.Windows

    • (9.0.20.200 or lower) Run the Control-M Automation API deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.

  4. Create an Azure Logic Apps connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

  5. Define an Azure Logic Apps job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in from the Agent. The plug-in ID is ZLA112022.

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version

Details

1.0.03

  • Added support for Standard jobs

  • Added new Plan and Logic App Name parameters to the job definition

1.0.02

Internal changes

1.0.01

  • Added refresh token to the Monitoring domain

  • Added new Restart on Rerun parameter to the job definition to rerun a job (pipeline) from the point of failure

  • Added HTTP Codes, Rerun Interval, and Attempt Reruns parameters to the connection profile to rerun an execution step with an HTTP code

1.0.00

Initial version